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Questions tagged [software-distribution]

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How to protect software from being deleted by antivirus?

I work for a publishing company and we are making interactive software that accompanies our books. The problem is that many clients complain that the antivirus keeps deleting parts of the software, especially the .exe files. Which is the best way to…
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What do update versions really mean?

A lot of software updates follow the scheme of v0.1 to v0.2 to v2.6.5.6. What do these "updates" to software really mean? Is there an industry standard always followed or do programmers pretty much keep raising the update # or adding more decimals?
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How to sell/distribute my software?

I'm working on a personal project (Windows desktop application) and started thinking about trying to make some money from the application (not the source). I'm not expecting to make a billion dollars but who knows right? The easiest way I see is…
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Using Bit Torrent for internal release management

We currently abuse our version control system and use it... pretty much as an FTP to store big release binaries (4+ GB). We are seeking to move away from this horrendous practice which has and continues to devolve and take more and more of IT's…
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EPL-Licensed Library with Closed-Source Commercial Product

The Eclipse Public License is not entirely clear for me. As I understand it, anyone who redistributes a Library whose code is licensed under the EPL is considered to be a Contributor. It then states that you are not required to redistribute…
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What is the easiest and cheapest way to distribute apple iOS enterprise app?

I work as a developer in a company, The company I work with has to deploy the app I made to their client. Number of clients are 3 and each client has around 100 iPads. Now my question is, What different ways we can use in order to deploy and…
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Can I bundle my JavaScript code with an MIT licensed code and keep my code unaffected from the MIT license?

Can I bundle my proprietary JavaScript code with MIT licensed libraries (e.g. JQuery, AngularJS) into the same file, distribute it via HTTP but disallow my users to use my own code as an MIT licensed code? This way I could minimize the number of…
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When you create an open source project, how to know who's participating and if his version is good?

my friend has developed a CAD program in C, here it is http://web2coders.jrcw3.com/ i have convinced him to go open source, but we have some concerns: if you upload a project to sourceforge or github would you be able to know who's participating…
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Java desktop app with mysql database

I'm currently in the process of learning Java and swing and in doing so am trying to create a desktop app. As part of this app I have set up a mysql database which the app is connected to, however I'm uncertain as to how this would work if I was to…
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How can we distribute a client app to other non-US businesses?

I'm working on an app which acts as a client for our web service. We sell this service to businesses, and we want to distribute the app to their employees for free. The app will be customised for each client. If we were in the US, my understanding…
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Automatic package distribution system Windows

I have built a Windows-only desktop application which is composed of two main executables and various configuration files. The two applications are developed in different languages (JS and C++, respectively) and should always be in sync with…
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Feasible to keep work to a minimum for distribution purposes?

I'm faced with image manipulation requirements for a mobile app I wish to develop that I could quite easily (or 'easier', at least) implement in C# or javascript, as it's what I'm most familiar with. I'm not one to shy away from learning new things,…
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Must OpenCL code be compiled for a specific GPU?

Most OpenCL Tutorials give a nice introduction to OpenCL, yet I have not found information on the question of interoperability of the compilation targets. It seems that I have to compile OpenCL code for the target GPU. Now when making a binary…
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How do I choose a package format for Linux software distribution?

We have a Java-based application that, to date, we've been distributing as a tarball with instructions for deploying. It's mostly self-contained so deployment is fairly straight-forward: Untar on the disk you'd like it to live on; Make sure Java is…
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Can I redistribute simplified BSD code?

Here is a plugin I wish to redistribute: http://plugins.jquery.com/project/TextAreaResizer I've written a Jquery plugin that needs the text resizer as a prerequisite. The license type says: License type: Simplified BSD License/FreeBSD License I…
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